Stencil sheet holder



Sept- 1, 19314 I G. EVANS 1,820,968 STENCIL SHEE Filed May 23. 1929 g Patented Sept. 1, 193.1 1,820,968

-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GUY J. EVANS, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK STENCIL SHEET HOLDER Application filed May 23, 1929. Serial No. 365,427.

This invention relates to a holder which is able means so that upon placing this stencil adapted to receive a stencil sheet or strip and over a letter, card or other object and pressinaintain the same in a smooth spread-out ing ink against the front side of the stencil, condition while a stencil address is being cut an address or other indicia will be formed on in the same by a typewriter or other means. the letter or other obj ect corresponding to as The material from whlch these stencil the cutting of the stencil sheet. strips or sheets are made is very light, soft This stencil sheet or strip is very light, soft and flimsy and liable to tear and become and flimsy and very easily wrinkled and wrinkled while being handled during the optorn while being handled.

eration of cutting addresses in the same. t In the preferred form of my invention a 60 has therefore been the practice heretofore to holder or casing is employed which is confasten the marginal parts of such stencil structed of thin, flexible or pliant paper to strips or sheets to frames so that the same form a front leaf 12 and a rear leaf 13 which would be held taut and smooth and permit of are integrally connected at their correspond- 15 properly cutting the stencil address thereon. ing upper longitudinal edges by a turn l l The cost of thus mounting the address stenwhich in effect forms a hinge whereby these cils on frames involves considerable expense leaves are pivotally connected while the lowand unnecessary waste inasmuch as the same or longitudinal edges 15, 16 of these leaves in many instances are only used comparativeare disconnected and likewise their correly few times before being discarded. spending transverse edges 17, 18 are also dis- It is therefore the object of this invention connected from each other. to provide a holder for address stencil sheets The front leaf 12 is provided with a window or strips which permits of holding the ador opening 19 which is preferably elongated dress stencil taut and smooth and cutting the lengthwise of this leaf but the rear leaf is m stencil address in the same without employimperforate or continuous over its entire area. ing a frame to which the stencil sheet is at- If desired, the stencil sheet or strip may be tached and which enables the same holder to placed directly between the front and rear be used repeatedly for cutting successive leaves of the holder so as to expose that part stencils, thereby effecting a considerable of the stencil adapted to receive the indicia economy in the use of such stencils, this being behind the window and support the stencil w an important item in the case of mail order sheet on its rear side by the rear leaf of the houses who use large numbers of stencils of folder. When thus assembled this folder and this character. stencil sheet therein may be bent around the In the accompanying drawings: cylindrical platen of a typewriter or fitted to Figure 1 is a perspective view of a praca platen of any other form and then the lettical form of address stencil sheet or strip ters and figures of an address or other indicia holder embodying my invention. may be cut in the stencil sheet by operating Figures 2 and 3 are similar views of the the keys of the typewriter so that the desired folder and backing sheet of the stencil holder. type thereof strike the stencil sheet and cut a 40 Figure 4 is a similar view of an address stencil of corresponding form therein. Durw stcncilsheet or strip. ing this operation the stencil sheet is sup- Figure 5 is a cross section of the holder ported on its back side by the rear leaf of the anda stencil within the same. folder.

In the following description similar char- Instead, however, of engaging the stencil actors of reference indicate like parts in the sheet directly with the rear leaf of the folder 0:.- several figures of the drawings. a backing sheet 20 of pliant or flexible paper The numeral 10 represents an address stenor other suitable material is placed between cil strip or sheet which is made of a tissue or the front and rear leaves of the folder and material into which a stencil address 11 may interposed between the rear leaf of the same be be cut by means of a typewriter or other suitand the rear side of the stencil sheet. This 1 backing sheet forms a convenient means of inserting the stencil sheet into the folder andv removing the same therefrom inasmuch as the stencil sheet can be easily placed "in a smooth condition on the backing sheet while the latter is removed from the folder, then the backing sheet may be readily placed in the folder, after the leaves are swung apart sufliciently for this purpose, so as to properly locate the stencil sheet behind the window and retain the same in this position while the operation of cutting the indicia in the same is effected, and thereafter the backing sheet and stencil sheet may be removed from the folder with equal facility. 4

The use of this backing sheet saves the rear leaf of the folder from wear and enables the same folder to be repeatedly used in connection with other stencil sheets for cutting addresses or other indicia thereon and it also forms a cushion which permits of cutting better stencils.

The stencil sheet is preferably of the .ame length as the folder so that when the st ncil sheet has been placed between the leav s of the folder so that the ends of the folder 1 aves and the stencil sheet are flush, a correct positioning of the stencil sheet behind the window is assured and thereby renders it possible to cut the address or other indicia in the'ccntral area of the stencil sheet, in order to have the stencilled address come in the right position for printing when placed in an addressing machine.

Owing to the elimination of the frames which have heretofore been attached to the stencils and the ability to use the holder in the present case repeatedly with different stencils, the cost of maintaining the stencil addressing system is greatly reduced, and unnecessary waste of material is eliminated.

I claim as my invention:

1. A holder-for a stencil sheet having front and rear leaves between which the sheet is received, the front leaf having a window through which the sheet is exposed to permit of cutting an address on the same and the front and rear leaves being connected with each other at two adjacent longitudinal edges thereof while the other two longitudinal edges thereof are disconnected. v

4. A holder for a stencil sheet having front and rear leaves between which the sheet is received, the front leaf having a window through which the sheet is exposed to permit of cutting an address on the same and the rear leaf being continuous and providing a support for the stencil while being cut, said front and rear leaves being connected with each other at two adjacent longitudinal edges thereof while the other two longitudinal edges thereof are disconnected and the transverse edges of said leaves being disconnected from each other.

5. A holder for a stencil sheet having front and rear leaves between which the sheet is received, the front leaf having a window through which the sheet is exposed to permit of cutting an address on the same and the rear leaf bein continuous, and a backing sheet arranged between said leaves and adapted to be interposed between the rear leaf and the stencil sheet.

6. A holder for a stencil sheet having front and rear leaves between which the sheet is received, the front leaf having a window between said leaves and adapted to be inter-- posed between said rear leaf and the stencil sheet.

In testimony whereof I hereby afiix my signature.

GUY J. EVANS.

rear leaf being continuous and providing a I support for the stencil while being jut.

2. A holder for a stencil sheet ha ing front and rear leaves between which the sheet is received, the front leaf having a window through which the sheet is exposed to permit of cutting an address on the same and the rear leaf being continuous and providing a support for the stencil while being out, said front and rear leaves being connected with each other.

A holder for a stencil sheet having front and rear leaves between which the sheet is received, the front leaf having a window through which the sheet is exposed to permit of cutting an address on the same and'the rear leaf being continuous and providing a support for the stencil while being cut, said 

